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After four years of us getting our lives, six seconds at a time, Twitter announced Thursday that it will be shuttering Vine for good. No reason was given, but the announcement came just hours after the social media company announced that it was cutting 9 percent of its jobs. For those who have been under…

As a native and current resident of Los Angeles, I have no idea what #CoatSwitching is. I don’t even own a coat. I have a nice, warm hoodie and a cute sweater collection, and that’s about it. I do, however, know what code-switching is. I am a code-switching master. I can go from that Valley…

After she was the darling Olivia on The Cosby Show, Raven-Symoné became everyone’s favorite teen psychic on That’s So Raven. But she eventually became everyone’s least favorite when she joined The View and we were bombarded with her interesting views. But the actress is now returning to her Disney roots. On Thursday’s episode of The…

Drake made an appearance on Jeopardy Wednesday night by way of a category question. It’s not often that there’s a hip-hop reference, but when one does pop up and host Alex Trebek has to “rap” the lyric, it’s always entertaining to watch. Drake appeared in the “Musical Acts” category, and the clue was the lyrics…

A Los Angeles judge proved that he never forgets a face, or hairstyle, when it comes to the famous people who appear in his court. On Wednesday, Coolio appeared in court and pleaded guilty to gun charges after carrying a gun in his bag through Los Angeles International Airport. Luckily for him, he didn’t receive…

Last September, Kevin Gates kicked a female concert attendee during a concert held at Club Rumor in Lakeland, Fla. Eighteen-year-old Miranda Dixon said that she reached out to touch Gates, but the third time, he kicked her in the chest. Gates was charged with battery by the Lakeland Police Department, and on Wednesday he was sentenced…

R&B singer Sevyn Streeter never got to perform the national anthem at the Philadelphia 76ers game Wednesday night, and it was because the jersey she was wearing read, “We Matter.” The singer posted an Instagram video to let people know why she wasn’t performing: Of course, people on social media weren’t pleased at all with the decision:…

Just like his run for president, Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is crumbling into bits and pieces. I mean, who knows why he had a star to begin with? But whatever the case, someone took the time to give it a face-lift. According to CBS News, the Los Angeles Police Department…

There are 36.7 million and counting people living with HIV. It’s clear that HIV is a sorrowing epidemic that is affecting us worldwide. When you think of the devastating virus, do you imagine children whose lives are ravaged by it? Keep a Child Alive is an organization that was created because of the children and…

Ariell Johnson is the only black woman on the East Coast to own a comic book store, and now she’s gracing a variant cover of Invincible Iron Man. Johnson, who owns Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse, Inc., in Philadelphia, has been a die-hard comic fan all of her life. With the help of Randy Green, the…